The Association of American Geographers has put together a rich source of online resources at:
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Portland State University and local school districts partnered in this project featuring a variety of topics in US History many of which include GIS activities:
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An introductory essay on classroom inquiry approaches in both history and geography emphasizing the importance of local stories.
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ESRI makes available a wide range of lesson plans including GIS activities for the social studies and for history classrooms specifically. Search by topic, subject area, and grade level:
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The best source related to the technical aspects of GIS in the study of history is:.
Gregory, Ian N. Ell, Paul S. 2007. Historical GIS: Technologies, Methodologies, and Scholarship. London: Cambridge University Press.
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There is no better place to start exploring the use of GIS in the writing and study of history than these two collections of essays:
Knowles, Anne Kelly (Ed.). 2002. Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History. Redlands, California: ESRI Press.
Knowles, Anne Kelly, Hillier, Amy (Eds.) 2008. Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, and GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship. Redlands, California: ESRI Press.
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An excellent case for the classroom use of GIS within a constructivist model of learning as suggested here is made by:
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United States census data and shapefiles dating back to 1790 can be found at:
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For an essay exploring the value and potential of GIS in the study and writing of history see:
Owens, Jack. 2005. “What Historians Want from GIS”. in ArcGIS OnLine. Summer 2007.
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Online GIS software and source documents are included in these lessons developed as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant:
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Access to digitized historical maps can be found at:
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